How to piss off someone from New York City

We’re a surly breed struggling to live in the greatest city in the world. And don’t even try to tell me it’s not — EVERYONE wants to live here. Even if you love the place you are now, at some point in your life, Gossip Girl, or Barney Stinson, or some other cliche film/television show put a kernel of inspiration into your brain that made you think Frank Sinatra’s lyrics could come true (“If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere…”).

So you packed up your bags and found a shitty apartment somewhere in Williamsburg, where you pay about $1,700 a month to live in a hipster’s windowless bedroom closet. That’s cool. Welcome to my ‘hood. I was born and raised in this city, and I can tell you exactly the sorts of things that piss us off.

Walk slowly.

New Yorkers are perpetually in a rush. We were supposed to be somewhere 10 minutes ago, so when you decide to take your sweet time strolling along the five-foot-wide sidewalk, it really pisses us off. I know, it’s amazing to gaze up at those really tall skyscrapers, but after five minutes, they all look the same. If you’re lost, or feel like shuffling your feet, pull over to the side of a building and let us rush past you like we want.

Get mad at us for not “being polite.”

We might knock into you on the street without an apology, or we might not hold the door for you. But it’s not because we hate you, or want you to be in pain — this perceived rudeness in NYC is just understood by the locals. We might say “Sorry!” in our brains, but our rushed lifestyles prevent the words from coming out of our mouths.

Time is precious in New York, and every minute counts, including taking two seconds to ensure all is well. You call it common courtesy, but really, we just don’t care enough to be that verbal.

Disregard our public transportation rules.

Don’t swipe a cab from someone who’s been standing in the rain trying to hail one for 10 minutes. Don’t bombard exiting passengers from a subway car so you can grab the last seat on the train. Make sure your Metrocard has enough funds and doesn’t cause a disruption for other passengers trying to get on the bus. And don’t get on a Citibike unless you ACTUALLY know how to ride a bike.

Second to this is not keeping to the right on an escalator, especially during rush hour. I get it if you want to stand, but don’t be that asshole who stands on the left side.

Claim your bagels and pizza are better than ours.

This is sacrilege beyond belief. No one, and I repeat, no one can lay claim to perfecting these food staples better than we can. Even if your so-called “magic bread products” were better, I bet they aren’t as cheap as you can get them in New York, where a slice of pizza and a 16oz Coke can be had for $2.00.

Talk shit about our sports teams.

Okay yeah, the Giants and the Jets are terrible, the Mets are a joke, the Rangers are bullies, no one cares about the Knicks unless they’re actually going to a game, and the Yankees are pompously overpaid assholes, but that doesn’t give you the right to shit all over them while you’re here — especially since we’ve won a combined 5 Super Bowls, 4 Stanley Cups, 2 NBA Championships, and 29 World Series titles.

Whittle us down to a single ethnic group.

We have many Italians. We have many Jews. We have many Hispanics, and black people from all different countries, and I’m pretty sure we probably have some space aliens too. You can literally find any ethnic cuisine your heart desires in New York. We are not all in the mafia, not all Asian people live in Chinatown, and we don’t walk around the streets in crouched positions snapping our fingers to West Side Story‘s “Be Cool” (though it would be fun if we did).

Tell us your hopes and dreams and aspirations about living in New York City.

No one really cares that you came here to act, or sing, or start your own vegan macaroon shop, or exploit people on Wall Street. We all had our own exaggerated ideas of what it meant to live here, that were mercilessly crushed soon after arriving. It’s called the “cost of living,” and it will suck the life out of you. Your starry-eyed expression is just another jaded reminder that we were once dreamers too — except we know what it was once like to live without government-subsidized health insurance.

Annoying? It’s possible. But not any less than people from Boston, or Chicago, or Texas, or people who say “rough” instead of “roof.”

Talk about how dirty New York City is, and how much it smells like piss.

These are known facts, yet we all choose to still live here despite them. You’re not telling us anything we don’t already know, so save your breath and talk about something actually informative.

Deny us our bottomless, boozy brunches.

This bullshit came about recently, and let me tell you — we were SERIOUSLY pissed off about it. What do you mean, I could no longer spend three hours of my life guzzling down a magic fountain of sangria at Calle Ocho? What the hell am I supposed to drink with my overpriced Challah Bread Nutella French toast at Garage’s Jazz Brunch?

Thank god our boozy brunches are back to being legal, because New Yorkers were about to riot in the streets. That’s a hint, NYC Hospitality Alliance — don’t ever double-cross us again.

Say that your favorite place in the world is Times Square.

Actually this won’t really piss us off, it’ll just make us pity you. God forbid you step out of your comfort zone and travel uptown to Harlem. Yes, you are allowed to go there and enjoy it. No, you’re not allowed to say it’s your favorite place to be when you’re in New York.

Joke about 9/11.

I know it’s been a few years, and I know that people outside of New York are not as sensitive about this event, but within the city and outlying areas, it’s still very much a part of who we are as a culture. Everyone here is connected to that tragedy in some capacity, some more personally than others. The atmosphere in Manhattan on September 11th is pretty somber, despite the passing of time. It’s best to just not bring it up in a humorous capacity, sort of like how you’d never joke with a Holocaust survivor about taking a shower.

Complain about the homeless.

Even homeless people know that New York is the greatest city in the world to be homeless. We’ve got tons of shelters, community outreach programs, and stupid ass tourists willing to supply them with a steady income higher than what I made at my 9-5 desk job. You shouldn’t complain about these cultural icons, you should be asking them for tips on how to be as smart as they are in wrangling a living off of nothing. Or you should help those who are legitimately in dire need of attention, and make a difference in someone else’s life.

Get pissed off when we get pissed off at you.

Everything pisses off New Yorkers, so we’re allowed to be perpetually pissed off. The trees (or lack thereof) piss us off, bars without happy hour specials piss us off, and Mayor De Blasio pisses us off. The muggy summers, freezing winters, hot dog vendors, career dog walkers, garbage piles, people who accost us on the street asking if they can have “just a minute of your time,” hipster douchebags, socialite sluts, and more will piss us off. And if that offends you, get outta town because you’re going to piss us off even more.

But you know what? We live in New York, which is basically the capital of the world. People would maim themselves if it meant a chance to live in Manhattan. Be grateful you get the chance to walk the streets of this rigid grid. Your life is probably a lot better now than the middle-America farmstead you traveled from to be here.

Nah man; I was born and raised in NY, and I’ve worked in 4 of 5 boroughs (I never really go to Staten Island but shout out to the people who do, I guess…) and anyone that bumps me into the road is getting cursed out. That is not a mutual understanding!

Unless the hurried person casts a glance over their shoulder and issues a hurried “sorry!” There’s even a gesture that goes along with it, a sort of outstretched hand thing. Then you just nod, gesture back, and move on. That’s the understanding!

Jalisa

She sounds like a transplant, and if someone bumps into me on the street, they do need to acknowledge it. She really makes us sound perpetually angry, which I believe is a huge stereotype. If you run into someone who is angry, there is usually a reason behind it, whether it’s you or not. If you’re not taking this article too seriously, I guess it’s humorous, but I found it slightly insulting. #imho

JoShmoe

totally agree I just made the same comment in reply to a previous post.its like someone watched a whole bunch of movies about New Yorkers and wrote article based on every humdrum cliche they could line up

http://occupyyourbrain.tumblr.com/ Joshua Francis Whalen

To everyone who said she sounds like a transplant: I;m 5th generation NYC, so a polite but firm, Fuck you you fuckin’ fucks! Sounds about right to me.

Michael Cooney

I don’t think we’re as bitchy as she makes us sound.

JoShmoe

sounds like it was written by a transplant.real New Yorkers don’t obsess over all this cliche stuff.

donco6

Being a visitor several times, I agree. I haven’t found New Yorkers to be nearly this bitchy. Sheesh. But then, I’m not stupid enough to joke about 9/11 either. So there’s that.

Jeff Candiello

I’ve met plenty of New Yorkers who are entitled dickbags like you!

Bicoastal

If everything about this city gives you the right to be perpetually pissed off, what makes it the greatest city in the world? Speed walking to cheap pizza? Garbage piled so high on the streets you can’t even see the homeless? Perhaps we’ll just chalk it up to your towering collective ego…
Also, since you’ve clearly decided to prioritize narcissism over basic human decency, don’t cop out & pretend that it’s an accepted cultural norm. Just admit you’re a dick – then we’ll know to take your list of hackneyed stereotypes with a grain of salt…

Dt

We’ve actually won 8 Stanley Cups. You forgot about that team that will be playin in Brooklyn soon.

Katka

You know, I was debating whether or not to include the Islanders, but I feel like they are more of a Long Island team than an NYC team. What do you think? I mean, they play on Long Island right now.

Jennifer Reynoso

Long Island is part of NYC. That’s like saying the Giants are part of NJ because they’re based over there.

Scott Brannon

The Long Island everyone talks about is not part of New York City. Its different counties. At least thats what I always thought.

Jennifer Reynoso

The boroughs are divided into counties also…

MEGS

nyc only consist of the Bronx, Brooklyn, queens, manhattan, and staten island. long island isn’t a part of nyc just NY state itself. And I love our many accents! I love how I say FLLOOR, and CAWR (CAR). I love it when I hear NYC citizens on the news. I love my subways, buses, walks, the man made parks. I hate Manhattan though, I get lost to fast if I don’t know where I am going. I love the rudeness and the politeness of each individual. I LOVE NYC wouldn’t want to live here forever but I LOVE NYC and my CAWFEE

Jennifer Reynoso

Yeah I know it’s not officially part of it, but she was talking about the Long Island Team. That is why I used the GIants as an example, because they are based in NJ.

Mike

Nassau County is not part of NYC. They’re moving to Brooklyn though, so they are relevant now.

Nick

Wow… Idk what this bitch is talking about but I wouldnt live in NY if someone paid me. Take a trip to Cali and see what real beauty is. San Diego keeps it classy and is the most beautiful city on Earth.

Vanessa

San Diego is so bloody boring that SDCC is what brings it their yearly revenue. 1 weather year round gets REALLY boring REALLY quickly. Beautiful doesn’t mean it has life and character. Native Brooklynite here.

frannyx212

I have to disagree as a New Yorker. I don’t think all New Yorkers are rude or pissed off all the time and many will say “excuse me” if they bump into you. This reads more like twenty something still trying to figure out who they are.

New Yorkers can be kind to a fault and will be the first to show up when you are in trouble. And are some of the friendliest people I know. Sure its got its stereotypes just like any other place, but to say that ALL New Yorkers react in said fashion is basically ridiculous.

BTW, I know of a place in Maine that makes pizza to die for and if I could get it delivered to New York I would.

TheHero

I honestly would rather level every building in NY than live there. Talk about a shithole of dumbasses. I mean, I’m sure nice people live there but anyone I’ve run into is a con artist or an asshole. Not to mention the noise. And their pizza places literally would be put out of business if they came to Endicott. Long Island also has the best bagels.

David Hutchison

I dont agree with many things said by this author. I have lived here for 35 years and I still say sorry if I bump into someone. People walking slow don’t phase me at all, I just walk around them. I do love Times Square, in comparison to what it was when I came to NY, I have reasons to love it. Yes I do think some NYC people think they have a God given right to be rude, but I don’t feel that way. I will also stop and give someone directions, having been in a foreign city myself, I know what it feels like to be lost. I love talking about my adopted city. Lastly, I don’t care what people say about our sports teams, I don’t follow any of them anyway..

BornBreadNewYorker

This girl sounds like a transplant.. the reason why New Yorkers are so “bitchy” is because mostly the people that live here now are originally not from New York.

Dee

Im originally from New York and I love it there, no place like home. Unlike some I love the pissy people lol, I will bump you and not say anything, you know why? Because your ass is walking to slow, not looking where your going, or your lost and want to stand in the middle of the sidewalk until you figure out where you need to be going. People that live else where like Atlanta for example think they know it all because they watched “coming to America” Mmm no, not even close. Try your luck in New York and bet your ass will be right back where you started. I feel people should REALLY experience the life first before passing judgement. I would go on about the accent but that’s another story….

Maureen R

She’s from Norway…sorry Katka…I agree with QuailEggs & Cooney (great name for a bar BTW)

NewYorker

I was born and raised in NYC and love this city. However, I have to disagree with what the writer is saying. Not everyone here gets pissed off and certainly not at everything. To be honest and this made sound racist but the people that I have seen get pissed off the majority of the time is blacks and close second young ghetto Hispanics. Every time you hear someone in the train or streets cursing up a storm more than likely is a black person. It’s like they are always looking for trouble. Other than that most people will tell you sorry if they bump into you.

Yododle

Shut the fuck up .

f

that’s just racist. how rude.

CH

***”If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere”

How to piss off a New Yorker? Get Sinatra lyrics wrong.

Nina Beth

If any real New Yorkers subscribe to this school of thought then they need to stop looking up their arseholes and quit pretending that they’re special snowflakes living in a special snowflake city.

blah

Where the fuck can you get a slice and a 16 Oz coke for $2? I call BS on that one.

loli

2 bros pizza.

Matt

There’s like ten million places you can do that dude

Jennifer Reynoso

Yeah… that’s every where.There is pizza for one dollar right off the lex and 23rd stop.

Mike

2 bros, 99cent pizza places all over the city man cmon!

MjrMissConduct

You can, but it tastes like day old ass because it has no cheese and is drowning in watered down ‘sauce’.

loli

Grew up in the Bronx and I went to school/work in the city now and the only thing that really pisses me off are tourists. I don’t understand why people would want to come HERE of all places for a vacation. It’s filth, it’s crowded, it’s expensive, it’s stupid, don’t come here. I grew up here, I’m used to it, I’ve grown to love it. But these tourists, man. They stop on subway staircases, they cram their BO ridden bodies up on me in crowded subway trains, they can’t even speak proper freaking english to order from me at my job and if I get them the wrong thing they get angry at me. I hate them all and if they didn’t contribute a huge chunk to NY’s annual earnings I’d vote to ban them entirely.

Not to say I’m a nasty person on the street. If you’re lost and you ask me for directions and I’m not in a hurry, I will try to help you as best I can. I’ve made polite small talk with tourists from the South, Canada, and England. But don’t expect me to give up my seat on the train (I have a condition that makes me faint if I stand for longer than an hour in an enclosed space, so unless you want to hold up the entire train cuz of a medical emergency you’d better stop giving me the evil eye, pregnant woman.), or say excuse me when I have to push by you cuz you’re walking 4 across a sidewalk and I’m 10 minutes late to my job. That’s you’re own damn fault. I also don’t believe in making allowances for kids. If they can’t walk for long periods of time, bring a damn stroller. I’m not getting up for your kid to sit and I sure as HELL am going to give you a nasty look if you cram them in between me and the fat lady sitting next to me. I sigh, suck my teeth, I’ve even yelled at people who were trying to cram onto a sardine-can subway train, but I have a right to be upset. Cuz you’re in my space acting like you own it, like you know the rules, and you don’t.

Have some respect and New Yorkers will give it right back to you. If you think they’re going to make allowances for you because you’re foreign you’ve got another think coming.

Joe Raik

I think it’s pretty hilarious that so many of you take issue with the one bit about not saying sorry when you bump someone. Is it really that offensive a suggestion? Does it really make me a dick to bump into someone and not acknowledge it? We get all types here, I think that’s the point. I guess some are more thin-skinned than others.

Jalisa

There’s a huge stereotype that New Yorkers are rude, and that particular point is specifically annoying because it makes us seem as if there’s no sense of decency that if you actually physically run into someone, you wouldn’t care enough to take 2 seconds to acknowledge it. That’s not how human beings act. And it’s honestly one of the most inaccurate representations of us. Along with the accent nonsense and about 3/4 of the rest of this list. It was really just bad. Untrue and bad. She should apologize for bumping her fingers into the keys to type this nonsense.

no

i stopped reading at “exploit people on wall street”. Yeah because that’s all people do on wall st?? Author(s) can go fuck themselves.

Ben-Jamin Schmittleman

well… investment banking is a pretty sleazy bussiness.

Dee

I really resent the implication that all New Yorkers have that accent. Just like not everyone in Boston has the Boston accent and not all Texans sound like hicks. Also, i don’t think anyone “whittles us into one ethnic group”. This list is dumb and this writer is a whiny bitch with anger issues.

Matt

This girl is not from New York. City doesn’t smell like piss, nobody has a “New Yawka” accent, and we’re really not that freakin’ rude. Quiet down.

Scott Brannon

New Yorkers don’t have a New Yawka accent? You have no idea what you are talking about.

Jalisa

New Yorkers do not have one distinctive accent like most other cities. That’s one of the greatest things about living here. There are diverse neighborhoods, and then there are neighborhoods that are mostly made up of one ethnic group. So there are multiple accents. Different boroughs have different accents, as well as sections within those boroughs. So I think YOU have no idea what YOU’RE talking about.

Pooh

Dude im from brooklyn. Not matter where i am people can always tell im from new york.

Jalisa

I am also from Brooklyn. Born and raised. And what people hear is your Brooklyn/Long Island accent, which is different from a midtown Manhattan accent which is slightly more neutral, and is different from a Staten Island accent, because their accents are closer to New Jersey accents. People outside of New York can’t tell the difference so they lump it altogether, but real New Yorkers know.

In addition, my Bed-Stuy Brooklyn accent sounds slightly different from my friends who live in Canarsie or Flatbush where there is a large population of people who are from the Caribbean, who sound different from people who live in Bushwick, where many of the people are Latino.

I know what I said and what I meant. Thanks for playing though!

Idratherpostasaguest

There really aren’t borough-specific accents per se to the extent of a Brooklyn accent being significantly different from a SI accent–what there is in NYC are ETHNIC-based NY accents–a 2nd or 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker from Brooklyn sounds more or less like a 2nd or 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker from Queens or the Bronx, but a 2nd or 3rd generation Italian New Yorker from Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx sounds different from a Jewish New Yorker from Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx. They all have NYC accents, but one has a Jewish NY accent, one has an Italian NYC accent. Same thing goes for Puerto Ricans, blacks, Irish–each have distinctive NY accents. Of course, some people from one ethnic group can sound like people from another ethnic group depending on where they grew up or went to school and who they hung out with in NYC–so a Jewish New Yorker who grew up among Italians in Bensonhurst in the 1950s will sound more like an Italian New Yorker, and vice versa. Nowadays, native multigenerational Manhattanites have largely disappeared, so you don’t hear a “Manhattan accent” anymore, there used to be Lower East Side Irish, Jewish and Italian street patois, but what with all the transplants from other parts of the USA and the world and the gentrificatioon of Manhattan, you can hardly hear NY accents among Manhattan residents these days. It’s also happening in the trendy areas of Brooklyn too–the places like Park Slope have all been invaded by non-New Yorkers, so you don;t hear the NY accent among the children of yuppies who grow up there anymore.

Kent

Not to mention the areas outside NYC. I’m from Buffalo, and my mother is from Medina. Those also have their own unique accents and cultures that generally get clumped together with everything else when someone thinks of New York.

mario

You never met a real new yawka if you aint heard our accents you aint a real new yawka probably a transplant and us italians do say fuhghedaboutit

Jennifer Reynoso

This article is completely wrong. I’ve lived in NYC my whole life and half of the crap on here is not true. Too busy to apologize? I’m pretty sure that takes a second. As busy as anyone’s life is, it’s still possible to say “Sorry” – and I definitely apologize when that happens. I am proud of where I am from but I could really care less if you think you have the best pizza or bagels, no New Yorker is going to try every single bagel or pizza slice to contest your claim. Everything does not piss us off, in fact, I think as New Yorkers, we can gain a tolerance and patience for all the shit that can piss off an average Jane or Joe from elsewhere. Walking slowly would not bother me at all unless I could not walk around you or the people in front are not polite enough to let me pass by. We’re not all die hard sports fans, so no, I don’t care if you diss our teams, because yes, it is understandable if you take pride in your own. Otherwise, I don’t see a reason for the hate, but hey, maybe that’s a trait from where you’re from. I’m pretty sure anyone is allowed to like Time Square or Harlem, I won’t pity you and I won’t get pissed off about it, what you like is your business.

I DO care about a persons hope to try and make something of themselves, but I won’t stop to listen unless said person is someone in my life or someone I’m interested in. I don’t know about you, but if I sat around the park listening to person after person telling me their story of strife and success I would most definitely die there. No one has time to listen to everyone, that doesn’t mean they don’t care.

We do NOT all have accents like that. I’m slightly offended that someone would think I would incorrectly mistake the “o” syllable for the sound of an “a”. I am not an alcoholic either…really, no one will throw a damn tantrum if they can’t have a brunch drink or happy hour.

I am pretty sure this article must be a joke, which is why I am not really taking it seriously. But c’mon dude, you’re giving us a bad rep here. We’re diverse, we can be crazy, serious, funny, laid back, PATIENT, impatient, angry or happy – we’re all unique. So these things can possibly piss off some New Yorkers, but not all of us.

New Blak

As a “True New Yorker” I have to say most of these really do fit the Description lol….its not an intentional rudeness it’s just a part of the Hustle and Bustle of living in NYC or NY period.

kat

you sound like a tourist were not always pissed off were actually a welcoming city

Donald Higdon

To Katka Lapelosa: Get over yourself.

nyldy

Wow, everyone is taking this way too seriously. Chill out, people.

Vanessa

New Yorkers get pissed off Californians will just passively aggressively wish it just go away but do nothing to make it go away.

Yodiddle

If you were not born in New York . You are not a New Yorker plain and simple ! Be who you are.

http://www.meetjayla.com Jay L.A. Bastien

“How to Piss off a New Yorker?”
Tell them that they are not a New Yorker because they were not born in New York. lol

Yeooooodole

If you were not Born in New York , You are not a New Yorker plain and simple . I wont go to Florida and call myself and Floridian , i would say im not a newyorker . So it should be vice versa. #beproudofwhoyouareyoudumbtransplants

FG

I wasn’t born in NY but moved there when I was 6, and stayed until I was 30.

My friends and I agree that if you attended a majority of your elementary through high school years in NY, you’re a NYer.

Nobody would ever guess I was born in SF the way I talk and dress.

Vanessa

AHMEN! I hate when people say oh I lived here for 15 years I am a New Yorker… UHHH sorry YOU ARE NOT! Hell even New Yorkers don’t even consider Upstaters as new yorkers (funny no?). Your only considered a New Yorker if your born in NYC or did elementary thru HS here…

Bkworm1219

Who is this author???? Maybe she’s describing herself. This article is untrue and rather insulting.

Bkworm1219

How to piss off a New Yorker?? Write an article filled with a bunch of inaccurate BS about us.

S.Thompson

Not to sound like I’m looking for trouble but, “is” should not be confused with “It’s” and likewise, “made” should never substitute “may”. An article specifically for entertainment purposes about New Yorkers turned into blaming a specific race for those conditions?! You knew it was a pretty racist comment before you made it, hence the disclaimer that preceded the actual statement. So do tell me how you yourself doesn’t fall into those very categories you’re blaming certain race’s for? Smh walking contradiction I say.

Murphy

I was born in New York and have lived here all my live. Very few people in the boroughs actually have NY accents because they’re from everywhere else in US. Oh yeah, that’s something that really pisses me off; transplants claiming they are New Yorkers until they’ve lived here at least 15 years.

JamesW

My family’s been in Brooklyn since 1807, so I feel confident in saying I’m not a transplant, and everything in the article sounds true to me. I’ll apologize for bumping into someone, though. And would expect the same. Slow walking, though? Just get out of the way…

lust1kiddo

If your not from New York..you are NOT a New Yorker…you LIVE in New York. Never heard someone say Fuggedaboutit ??? Come on bro..seriously ? Where the hell do you hang out ?

lust1kiddo

Also…its the TRANSPLANTS WHO ARE RUDE..not us. They think they have to be tough tough grrrr to survive here. stupid.

sheeeit

This woman is definitely not from new york. Anyone from here is probably cringing reading this.

kimmeh

No? I’m from the city, and this is pretty accurate.

graffitibumb

the giants are a great orginazation and i heard plenty people say fugettaboutit

http://www.GoingWithEddie.com/ Eddie Going

Yahtzee! Love this – excellent work!

Audrey Hayes

WoW, what a heart breaking story, I’m not from NY but I talk to NY citizens every day it’s part of my job, and every one I have talked to is nice, kind and loving. I refuse to believe that all New Yorkers are like this. Also about making 911 jokes, I can not see anyone doing that either, when 911 happened it affected every one across the United States, I can bet that every one in the US can remember were they were and what they were doing on the day of 911, it shocked us all that is why it’s still in our memories. If someone out there is making Jokes about 911, I pity them. I plan on visiting NY one day and look forward to it.

bornandbred

Dont get on a Citibike EVER*

Anton

You just pissed this NYer off by forgetting about the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers when calculating World Series Championships. The Giants won 5 and the Dodgers won 1, so the total should be 35.

Simmons

If you’re (and it’s “you’re,” not “your”) from New York and you agree with this, it just means you’re an inconsiderate asshole. Accept it. Rude behavior doesn’t make you a New Yorker, it just makes you a dick. Those kinds of people are all over the country.

Ben-Jamin Schmittleman

kind of a pretentious article that wasn’t all that true. I wouldn’t want to live in the suburbs but this guy seems to look down on life outside the city,,,

brunostrange

This reminds me of one of those Buzzfeed pieces about New York that is clearly written by someone who’s lived here three years.

ethrl

i wasnt born in new york, but i dont believe it means im not a new yorker. in my case i had no choice but to move here(long story) but from my experience, this city brings a different side out of you for some, for others who move here just because they think its cool, no. the city can and in most cases will grow on you and you become a shark in this sea. otherwise you dont survive. but as someone who has come to love this city despite its many obstacles, ive found the only thing more annoying that hipsters, tourists, and slow walkers of any sort, is new yorkers who boast about being a native. no one really cares..once you live here and are making your own way on your own without help, hustling, doing your thing, surviving and grinding? hell, that makes you more of a new yorker than most of these grown ass natives still living at mom and dads apartment. its a city people, lets get over ourselves and just live.

Vann Jones

Pretty good but way overblown. Live & work in Mid Town and #1 is correct, but only if you block the sidewalk, stairs or other throughway. Look, welcome, but if you want to stop, look, pause to talk, whatever, just a quick look over your shoulder and move to the side, for the love of all that’s good! Same as you would if you were driving. Common courtesy. And no matter how wide the sidewalk or how touristy sunshine and kittens you’re feeling, never, ever walk more than two abreast. Ever.

Pete

ALL WRONG! I’ve lived in NYC, Los Angeles and Boston for extended periods of time over the past 5 years. I haven’t identified any of these character profiles in NYC, other then the fast street walkers and the 9/11 patriots that still recite their stories about where they were during the attack. If you want to see a bunch of posse off people then visit Boston on a Saturday night wearing a Yankee’s hat. Make fun of their accent and you’ll get a beer bottle smashed over your head.

Chigrrl

Wow. You know what pisses me off? Sanctimony. I was born/raised in Chicago & I used to think it meant something too. Until I started traveling. I love NYC, but that last line is rude & this whole article was about as exciting as standing on the escalator. Stop trying for click bait.

Hail2Krist

I love it. Great read. “Oh she’s a transplant… Probability is high so are you”. Been here in this disgusting city for over 40 years. ( yes, working on getting out, and also leaving usa ). Basically no one gives a shit!!! God dam schmucks!!! She has got it down 100 percent. You boys livin in the shade or never live past your skin or hood….. Every one is a transplant, you don’t remember graffiti colored trains inside and outside, Brooklyn was a rough place to be, and possibly our father and grandfathers depending on color and religion and these days more about money had it or have it decent or down right ugly… Assholes go travel to Western Europe, then go to clean Northern Europe, also go into eastern europr… Every place has its shit… NYC is fake now just like you other idiotic freaken commenters…. USA too. No culture, no culture, no culture. Europe Equals Culture.

Hail2Krist

Hahaha…. Just look how freaken pissed off you sound including myself.
Her article is smart and point accurate. Also , pleaz, pleaz, pleaz its a generalization not a full 100 percent factualization…. It’s a generalization like upper west Jews versus upper east side Jews versus Brooklyn height Jews versus like park slope fuck heads and their baby carriages and the lost idiots of Williamsburg and the guys from the Caribbean who did not exist in such a wave in Brooklyn and t was mostly Italian and Irish like 40 years ago in many parts. And just blacks (not Caribbean blacks)….

Lol… She is right generally speaking. Perhaps you ( surely, you are ) an exception.

When will the great floods come?

Mariya

Number 10 almost completely denies number 1, so make a decision which one it would be are you able to take 3 hours of your day just like that or are you too busy to say “sorry”

EDMJoe

“We all had our own exaggerated ideas of what it meant to live here, that were mercilessly crushed soon after arriving. It’s called the “cost of living,” and it will suck the life out of you.” This should be titled “How to piss off transplants from New York”, genuine New Yorkers are really not that bitchy or mean and we arrived “soon after birth” not from another city.

MjrMissConduct

The Rangers are bullies? Sweet fuck what kind of window lickers do you all hire to write this shit?

Also, how does one write about the rudeness on public transportation and not discuss the huge knapsack issue. People, remove the fucking suitcases from your backs on crowded cars, it’s taking up enough space for a person.

LocStar

Don’t come to New York and talk about how much it’s not how you thought it was going to be. You’ve clearly been watching too much TV, and you haven’t seen any of us on it. So welcome to reality. Can’t handle it? I’m sure the same way you came into town works in reverse.

http://twitter.com/DaathicLarxie Larxie Arveri

We don’t get pissed off by everything, just half of everything. People who walk too slowly are aggravating, but if you bump into me, I better at least get a quick “sorry” as you rush off at mach 7 speed. Same vice versa. :3

bearzy123

Actually…2 slices and a soda $ 2.75

Eddie

I got stuck behind three different people on three different escalators within ten minutes and I was ready to push the next person who does this out of my fucking way. Never stand on the LEFT SIDE, EVER. Those 30 seconds you waste can make me miss the train and be 15 minutes late instead of on time.

3rdgenerationNewYorker

I’m a native New Yorker, 3rd generation, and my kids are the 4th generation descended from a line of New Yorkers who have never lived anywhere but the 5 boroughs for over 100 years.Anyway, I’m going to say something shocking: I prefer Montreal bagels to NYC bagels. Ever since I first visited Montreal 25 years ago, I liked them better. I remember angrily denouncing the Montreal bagel to my polite Canadian hosts and protesting that they ruined what a bagel should taste like, but after 2 years of grad study at McGill I realized they had a superior product. Every visit I make to Montreal, where I met my Mexican-jewish wife (go figure!) I load up on the Fairmount and St Viateur bagels.

I’ve been there as a tourist and it’s not as bad as this article makes it seem. Now living there might be another thing, but when you’re there to spend money, you get the respect. I will say, however, Chicago pizza absolutely blows away your thin little floppy things.